Posted on 13 February, 2022
Ripplr is a Zephyr Peacock portfolio company that is a provider of tech-enabled logistics services and distributor of retail consumer products. Ripplr’s founders, Abhishek V. Neheru and Santosh Dabke, comment on how COVID-19 has ushered in a new era of digital distribution for FMCG brands.
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Below is an excerpt from the post that first appeared on The Financial Express on 13 February 2022:
As India battles to overcome the third wave of COVID-19, it is important to introspect the learnings of the last two years (2020 & 2021) which have changed the rules of Indian FMCG Distribution in multiple ways.
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